| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Boeing |
| Production-Block: | , B-17F-85-BO: 42-30032 to 42-30131 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 100th Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 351st Bomb Squadron |
| RCL | EP-G |
| MACR | 685 |
| Fate: |
, Mid-air collision (03 September 1943) |
History of
B-17 42-30059 / Barker’s Burdens
Delivered Cheyenne 5/4/43; Kearney 16/4/43; Wendover 2/5/43; Hill 16/5/43; Wendover 21/5/43; Dow Fd 28/5/43; Assigned 351BS/100BG [EP-G] Thorpe Abbotts 9/6/43; Missing in Action Paris 3/9/43 with Chas Floyd, Co-pilot: Jack Boyd, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Neal, Radio Operator: Theo Price, Ball turret gunner: Earl Griggs, Waist gunner: Pete Theodore, Waist gunner: Dale Huffer,Tail gunner: John Williams (8 Killed in Action); Navigator: Bob Rosenburg, B-Frank Coon (2 Prisoner of War); hit in #3 engine by aircraft above 42-30089 then crashed Beaumont, near Evreux, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 685. BARKER’S BURDEN.
Information may include corrections and additions based on Jing’s research.
B-17 42-30059 / Barker’s Burdens Details
Mid-air-collision with B-17 #42-30089 ‘Sunny’ on 03 September 1943. The debris of both B-17s hits the lower flying B-17 #42-30035 ‘Torchy aka Pasadena’, which also went down and crashed.
This page was last updated on 16 September 2017
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